Emiliano Buzzelli, known by his stage name "Emydrum", was born in Ortona - Italy in 1987.
He started to play on december 2000. During the years 2004 and 2005 he attented a private course in Rome with one of the best italian drummers,
Cristiano Micalizzi. With him he improved his recording session skills and his approach to various music styles like rock, pop, rhythm & blues, jazz, latin and progressive. In the year 2010 he started to study with
Carlo Porfilio at
"La Casa Del Batterista School" where he graduated with honors in 2019.
He published his first music single
"ESCAPING TENSION" in 2019 and in 2020 he has released the project titled
"NO BREATH" that includes 3 music singles.
"LUDUS FINIS" is the last Artistic project of Emydrum released in 2023. They are all available on the digital stores:
Spotify, iTunes and the others.
He attended some of the greatest drummer clinics;
Dennis Chambers, Chris Coleman, Alfredo Golino, Horacio Hernandez, Thomas Lang, Marco Minnemann, Jojo Mayer, Steve Smith, Lorenzo Tucci.
He ranked at the
5th place at the
world drum contest "BIG DRUM BONANZA" in 2015, and
3rd place at the
national drum contest "100% BATTERISTI DRUM CONTEST" in 2018.
Emydrum has collaborated with some famous italian and european artists such as:
ANDREA BRAIDO - BAREND COURBOUIS (Blind Guardian bass player) - FIORDALISO - FRANCO TOZZI.
OTHER COLLABORATIONS:
ALLCOST' (Original Progressive Band) - AMADEUS Orchestra - ANEMAME' (Original Reggae Band) - CRISTAL SOUND Orchestra - FAKE HEROES (Original Metal Band) - GAE CAMPANA BAND (Original Pop-rock Band) - HEADPLAY (Coldplay Tribute Band) - REDDOT (Red Hot Chili Peppers Tribute Band) - THINK BLUR (Blur Tribute Band) - SHE SAID (Original Electronic Band).